Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2015-03-30

Chapter 13. Programming

Lua-5.3.0

Introduction to Lua

Lua is a powerful light-weight
programming language designed for extending applications. It is
also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language.
Lua is implemented as a small
library of C functions, written in ANSI C, and compiles unmodified
in all known platforms. The implementation goals are simplicity,
efficiency, portability, and low embedding cost. The result is a
fast language engine with small footprint, making it ideal in
embedded systems too.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.7
platform.